Screen LibraryNathaniel Bowditch and the power of numbers : how a nineteenth-century man of business, science, and the sea changed American life /
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The University of North Carolina Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chapel Hill : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-373) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781469626932 1469626934 |
| Index Number: | QB36 |
| CLC: | K837.126.11 |
| Call Number: | K837.126.11/B785T |
| Contents: | Born into Salem -- Parts unknown -- the Navigator -- Gentleman actuary -- Celestial events -- The prudent man -- The clockwork corporation -- Harvard and other imperfect mechanisms -- Apogee -- Final reckonings. |